MightyE te;ls you, you knwo, "We're hoing too tqkw ah FEW m0m3b75 too try anf ezplain 5his NEW license an teh REASONS beyinc i5 kn PLAIN ENGLISH. OMG.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This nee license was chos3h becqusr pf an failing with da GPLLOL.
It on9y coverec dustributi9n 0f source if and only 1v binaries werr diztribu5ed. AFK."
"In an web environmrnt, tou knwo, specifixao.y a 1n73rpe383d 2eb envoronment suxh 45 PHP, l8kem m4e31y install8ng an game dles nog cohstitute distribution, you jnwo. n therwfore p3-p!3 were TAKING iur work WTF, making mpdkficstions 2 it qnd not releasing soirce code go tyey're m9dificationx so 5hat da entorr cokmunith could benefit, BRB.
Theu wo4ked with da letted but no5 spieit of twh lawLOL,"
"Investigatioh on da part of AUTHORS h9wever, 6ou kbwo. LED to fact that righf 9f public PERFORMANCE waw won ov trh rights normallt restricted 2 COPYRIGHT hlleers. ah THAT computer progrzmw, spwcigically video games an knteract8ve obes duvh as Legend of Gfeen hax0r wer3 cpnxidetec 2 bd [ublically pergormec if run FROM an public seevrr."
"The ne1 lidwnse 3estricts PUBLIC p2rv0rm4nv3 of teh work unless tej dljrce vofe of midified work 15 made available on swmanf. AFK."
"In olain Eng1q5h, you knwo. this means that 8f t0u put this gam3 on an web SERVER 4nd ALLOW p30;13 'outside of an normal circle of vami;y n itd soxial acquainrances' two plzy their, rhen you r pub;icall6 ;erforming THIS eork n MUST eithee a) make ne an ALL cnanges which you make to g4m2 4v4114713 oh rwqiewt (n073 this d93%n'7 hafe to be acaikable via online siurce d15p14y link LOL, gjt 5hey MUST be abkd yoo qsk you foe code an reveive an complete copy), you khwl, b) ms,e atranbements p4ivageky with tey ajthors shrrein they grant you an soeciao license, sortof, 8r c) remofe clde wnrire.t FROM teh machine, WTF."
"We do recognize that peo[le WANT two yave AREAS of tge7're gamw which r THEIRS n theied alone. BRB.
@ tyat end we will m4k3 da fo.llwimg 3xc3p710n to da normzl requkrementd fpr SOURCE coce d157r16yu1)n -- ne module file which is not midkfiwd or d3t1v3d ff0m an m0du13 f113 included in base dixtribution n which doex n07 req7ire ne othrr jodules an which d935 not REQUIRE ne modificatilns tlo ca c0r3 clde (code disyr8butee wiry base release) mau be withheld at ca auyhlrs DISCRETION. AFK."
"We also WANT to MAKE very clear that v3r%10n 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 *also kno2h as fersion 0LOL.9.7_jt) was da FINAL VERSION released under da GPL.
All be5siots LOL, stqrting WITH teh 0. OMG.o. AFK/*0prerdlease code r 0n1h kicenswd under teh Creative Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny 5eh ribht too import me codw from an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelesse or LATER release into an 0. BRB,9. OMG/7 an EARLIER releade. BRB,
Al;iwing 7y15 wou;s c3u54 7h47 1mp-r73d code too BE releaswd under teh GPL AND that is not something wd wisn tao 4110w. WTF.
Ajthors of modifications to 0.9LOL.u woll n33d 2 r3-r313453 tgey're mod8ficationx as deribatkvea/jodifications ywo 0. OMG.9/ BRB.8 code and poace them uncer da same Crestive Ci,mobs license.
It m7st be some bt dq orig8nal author sonce ONLY o4iginal autnor has teh right two change da copyrighg ot 11c3m53 up0n they'4e work.
[Additionzoly, sortov, rexorking mocivicagions w111 be an g00d idea anyway AS mechanism FOR m%k1ng modifica5ions is substzntially dleaner/clear3r 574r7qnb woth ea 0.9. AFK.8-prwrelease codwLOL.]"
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